Old Skool Adverts--- Got a Favorite, Post it.

[joglo]

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Yes, that Columbus. I guess I'm furniture shopping

 

[Caj Remtiw]

Antonio Colombo is a very cool guy. Back in the day (late 80's thru 90's) we talked a lot at the Interbike & Eurobike party's. He really cared about cycling and dug all the small American companies n (like mine). Very different from Valentino Campagnolo who only cared about yachting.

 

[ferrus]

Very different from Valentino Campagnolo who only cared about yatching.

You’ve spoiled my day with that information.
Probably psychologically damaged by having a crap derailleur named after him! (From Disraeli Gears) :

“It bore the name 'Valentino', a name shared by both Tullio Campagnolo’s father and son. The legend is that Tullio saw the Valentino range as a 'junior' range, suitable for younger riders, and named it after his 14 year old son. In 1964, when these derailleurs were still respectable designs and Valentino was a child, this seemed reasonable. By 1984 it had become an incomprehensible embarrassment.”

 

[joglo]

 

[Repack Rider]

It doesn't get any more "old school" than this. One of the first bikes Gary Fisher and I built fell into the hands of a rider whose friend was the editor of BMX PLUS! The editor, Dean Bradley, fell in love with the bike, and immediately wrote a bike review, the first ever of a 26" bike.

As magazines do, the ad people strongly suggested that we take an ad in the issue that the review was in. We didn't have a prepared ad, so the magazine used the simple graphics drawn by my roommate, and created this, the first advertising to use the term "mountain bike."

We thought "Mountain Bikes" was a catchy name for our company.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Thanks for the first-hand history, Charlie. That's great stuff, nothing better getting it straight from the source.

We thought "Mountain Bikes" was a catchy name for our company.

Such a good name, the rest of the world wanted to use it too